Antiwarpt Festival 2011: Is this St. Petersburg's Tropical Heatwave?

This year's Tropical Heatwave in Ybor City featured 60 bands on nine stages in and around Ybor City. It is, for all intents and purposes, the biggest annual day of music in Tampa Bay.

But that could be about to change.

The second annual Antiwarpt Festival in St. Petersburg recently unveiled its lineup, a who's who of the Tampa indie music scene. On Monday it unveiled the full schedule -- and our head is spinning just thinking about it.

This the best introduction you'll ever get to the local rock 'n' roll scene (and yes, there are a few DJs and rappers on the bill, too). While Tropical Heatwave may have the bigger national headliners -- for now -- Antiwarpt is looking like the best mostly local music festival Tampa Bay has seen, maybe ever. It's hard to imagine a more thorough look at the Tampa music scene.